Clock it: Darkness Has A Deadline // Easter Sunday: Here Comes The Son // Pastor Michael Todd

Happy Resurrection Sunday! Today I want to let you know the King is alive. He is risen and because of that we can live in freedom. Today I hope that you feel the presence of God. I hope that you feel loved and I hope that you're ready for a message that may transform your life. The theme this year at Transformation Church was Here Comes the Sun because when the sun comes in everything has to transform and I want to let you know no matter where you're at right now, how dark your day may seem, how frustrated you are right now, how much light is not in your life. Darkness has a deadline and God has a word that I believe is going to inspire, transform, and give you hope and joy for your future. Today's message is so you can let the light of God into your life. I hope you enjoy and I'll see you on the other side. Today I want to I want to speak to you. I want to preach to help you understand how good God is. If I never see you again, if this is the only time that I get to speak to you today, I'm gonna try my hardest to convince you that there's no better way than Jesus. Like I just want to tell you up front because a lot of people they want to impress you first. I want to tell you my end goal is that you leave here and forget me and only remember Jesus. So today it is my attempt to speak words that make sense enough for somebody to make an eternal decision. Thank you for coming but if he didn't come none of us would be here and today I'm grateful. It's weird because I haven't been able to preach on a Sunday on Easter for like eight years because usually we're doing ransom at this time and I have a little sermonette prepared for y'all in the middle to tell you about the gospel but I don't get to preach a whole message and today I want to let you know ransom is probably one of the greatest productions of the story of Jesus Christ that you could ever see and we have one more showing of ransom tonight at 6 p.m. and I want you to gather your families. I want you to gather your people, your folks, people who are lost and found and I want you to watch this tonight on YouTube. I'm telling you it will transform their lives from children all the way up. We've already seen hundreds of salvations through this but I felt that God told me that I was supposed to

speak a word to you in season today and so the one thing that I'm gonna do is be obedient to God and so if you came for a play you got played. We tried to tell everybody, we tried to communicate but today I have a word and a word from God is better than anything you could want. It's what he wants you to have so today can we pray together and and ask God to open up our hearts to be ready to receive. Father in the name of Jesus I thank you that you would speak in this place today. Do what I can't do. Holy Spirit I need your help up here. For the thousands of people that are in this room and watching online I thank you that today would mark their life forever. For such a time as this you brought us into this building and I thank you that there will be thousands of people that receive Jesus at the end of this service. Not just for a moment father but their lives will be radically transformed. Today we give you glory, we give you honor and we give you praise. You be lifted high in this place God. Have your way in Jesus name. Everybody say we agree, we expect, say amen. Would you put your hands together one more time as we go into the word amen. All right. Hi my name is Michael I'm wearing a yellow suit. All right let's get that out the way. My daughter told me I look like the guy from Curious George. Today shout out to Bella he ain't never been this fly. Today I want to I want to encourage you. I think if I could do anything today I want you to leave like with a smile on your face saying like oh snap I actually do have joy. Like if you're in a dark situation right now if things aren't looking good for you right now I just want you to be encouraged that that the brighter side is coming to your life. Somebody just if you want a brighter side if you want things to light up if you want things to get better I need you to make some noise in the building right now. Okay just need to make sure I was talking to To the right people in this place and so today I believe that um the Word of God is gonna be something That is going to bring joy to your life I want to look at the actual story of the resurrection of Jesus Christ On Easter we teach so many other things a lot of times and you don't look at just actually what happened Luke chapter 24 verse 1

It says but very early on Sunday morning There were two women that went to the tomb They took the spices they had prepared. I didn't know if they had lorries or seasoning. So I don't know what type of spices But they found that the stone had been rolled Away from the entrance so they went in That's where it would have stopped for me If the stone would have been rolled away that that's white people stuff y'all want to go in and like Scooby-doo, no, I'm just like like That's I would have stopped. I like the wrong stone is rolled away. Either he came out. They went in. I'm out of here But they went in and they didn't find the body of the Lord Jesus as They stood there puzzled two men suddenly appeared to them clothed in dazzling robes The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground Then the men asked watch this. Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive? He isn't here He is risen from the dead Somebody say the King is alive If you're excited that the King Jesus is alive. Just give him one shout of praise the King is alive Sunday was awesome y'all That's why we celebrate that's why we put our kids in flowers That's why we praise God Sunday was awesome But can I tell you something that the resurrection on Sunday doesn't take away the reality of Saturday Like everybody's excited about this moment about the mountaintops in our lives But there are so many people that right now even as you were sitting here listening to me preach You feel this emptiness because you're feeling the sorrow of Saturday Jesus is alive, but I'm still hurting Jesus is alive, but I still feel lonely

He is risen but I still feel like giving up and the truth of the matter is most people when they come to the Resurrection and the thing that we're thinking about how God did his thing It's like I'm glad that happened for you, but when am I gonna see some resurrection? When am I gonna feel like death ain't all over me and for real Some of y'all are dealing with the reality of your Saturday the reality of raising kids the reality of navigating this economy the reality of wrestling with your purpose the reality of a Diagnosis that was not favorable the reality is anybody dealing with reality it here in the okay I need to find out where the real church is humble open and transparent How many people got some real stuff going on right now? That is really taking up a lot of your brain space heart space Emotional space you ain't even got time for the people you love because you're dealing with other stuff The resurrection the reality Praise him problems He's The healer I'm still hurting Y'all don't want to be real this Sunday Because the truth is that this this disgruntled this tension this frustration is why most people only come once a year They only come they only come when they need it the reason why is because I cannot reconcile How he's so good, but this still feels so bad Okay But this is the thing you need to know about Jesus that separates him from every other God or deity or idea of a higher Power that we serve the only God that the Bible says he can relate He's he's the only one that actually came to walk our steps for 33 years and he can Relate I'll prove it to you in the Bible Hebrews chapter 4 verse 15 for we do not have a high priest Jesus who is Unable to empathize with our weakness You're not serving a God

That's like look at these peasant servant children of mine Dealing with all of this stuff that I would never have to hit says he was tempted at every turn With everything that you were tempted with But we have won a high priest who has been tempted in every way, just as we are, yet he did not sin. Jesus can relate. So maybe you've had a hard week. Maybe you've had a hard year. Maybe you've had a hard life, but Jesus can relate. Somebody say that with me. Jesus can relate. Let's just think about the last seven days of Jesus's life. If this is the resurrection, he's come back. Let's just think about the last seven days. A week ago, seven days ago, he came into the city on a donkey, and they were screaming, Hosanna! Shoutin', that's my man! Go, go, go, go Jesus, go Jesus. They was at, let's go! And then on Monday, there was a shakin', because he went to the temple courts, and people was using the place that should be holy to actually make money off of people and trade, and he start flippin' tables. And he's like, oh my goodness, I gotta come in here and set this straight. Knowing that literally on Sunday, he would be dead. By Saturday, he'd be dead, and he would have to rise again. Tuesday, he's speaking to the government of the time,

the religious leaders, and having to tell them, yo, this is not how it's supposed to be done. On Wednesday, he got ops scheming to kill him. For all my old folks, ops, opposition, okay? People that don't like him, you with me? Okay, all right. On Thursday, he was like, I just need some time with my people. So it's the Last Supper on Thursday. But even in the Last Supper, he has somebody that's gonna betray him sitting at the table. I don't know if you ever know what it's like to have somebody you wash their feet, but they gonna sell you out. Okay, let me just stay on the notes. So Thursday, he's washing the feet of somebody that will betray him. Think about his week. He can relate. On Friday, he's praying in the garden to where he's dropping blood, and they come to get him. They whip him. They stone him. They mock him. They spit on him. They give him a crown of thorns. And then he goes to the cross. And Saturday, it's silent. Nothing happens.

Nobody moving. And then Sunday, glory to God. And a lot of times, our Sunday experience makes us forget about all we had to do to get there. Today, I just came to talk to some people who are really going through some real stuff and need to understand that God can relate. Say it with me one more time. Jesus can relate. As I was thinking about this, I read the entire passion story again. I read what Jesus did through this whole week, and I found a scripture that I'd never seen before. And today, I wanna take my text from it. It's Luke chapter 23, verse 44. This is Jesus on the cross on Friday. It said, by this time, it was about noon, and darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock. I don't know if you know this, but this is when he was on the cross between two thieves, and he offered them to be able to come to heaven with him. One said yes. One said no. This is where we find ourselves right here. And look at verse 45. It said the light from the sun was gone. Now, there has never been a moment like this in all of history ever before, that the sun that got put into place on the creation, it literally stopped shining.

It hasn't happened before that, and it hasn't happened since then. Why did it stop shining? It was at that moment, the light of the S-U-N sun responded to the weight of sin that was on the S-O-N sun. He's sitting there with all of my pornography addictions. He's sitting there with your lies. He's sitting there with all of our thing, and he's in agony because he is being killed for our punishment. Literally think about it, that every sin that had been committed, every sin that would be committed, and every sin that anybody ever did, it was on him at that moment. And it was such an agonizing moment that the creation had to respond to the creator. If you didn't know that he was Jesus, this is another moment where you could understand he still was God. Because creation always is supposed to respond to the creator. And he's sitting there in agony so much, the pain, the disease, the evil, the missteps, the mistakes, all on him, taking it for the entire. world to the point where second Corinthians 5 21 says for our sake somebody say for my sake say it like you mean it for my sake god made him who knew no sin to become sin so that we might become the righteousness of god write this point down creation always responds to the creator creation always responds to the creator the question is will you the sun had to start praising god at that moment because of the agony that he was under it says i

got to do something i know i'm always supposed to shine i know that's my my cosmic um calling is to shine but my creator is suffering i gotta do something to identify that i'm with him oh and if the sun only has one switch on the only thing the sun could do to identify with the creator is turn off i need you to understand this ain't never happened before this is not a solar eclipse this is not the moon in front of the sun this is the sun literally saying off because i got to identify with my creator but will you and i need to mess with your theology just for a second because in the beginning i think everybody knows this when god created everything he said let there be and there was light but that light wasn't the sun let there be light everybody thought the sun came on but the bible tells us that it was day four that the sun and the moon were created let me just give you a little tidbit the source of light isn't the s-u-n the source of light is the s-o-n in the beginning let there be light that was jesus that was jesus he's the source of life he's the source of your strength he's the source of your ability he's the source of every the s-o-n is the source of the s-u-n okay all right i'll prove it to you john 8 12 jesus he's so gangster he told people himself he was the light he on earth with the disciples john 8 12 jesus spoke to the people once again and said i am the light i'm the light of the world if you follow me you won't have to walk in darkness because you will have watch this the light that leads to life the light that leads to life in the beginning god created light that was the revelation of jesus and if you understand that it leads to life and so now jesus says i'm the light of the world i'm going somewhere stay with me this about to bless your heart so if the source of light isn't the sun i started to think about it the source of the sun actually is used for something very strong it's used for time stay with me i know i'm scientific right now but it's going somewhere the sun s-o-n is the source of the s-u-n but the source of time is the s-u-n because before there were stopwatches and clocks and iphones the only way you knew the time

was where the s-u-n the sun was y'all stand with me y'all remember sundials and well no y'all don't but the the only way that you knew it was morning is that the sun came up and the only way that you knew it was evening is that the sun went so the sun is the source for time pastor mike why did you say all that because i have four kids and i'm trying to teach them how to tell time right now and gia is about to be five years old and she has no concept of time so i can say five hours and it's the same thing as five minutes to her so the other day i told her i said yeah just wait for me it's only gonna take five minutes she said oh i'm like oh dad that's gonna take forever and because she doesn't have a concept of time for real she thought five minutes was gonna take Forever now me. I can't get five minutes in a day Of quiet peace tranquility all the parents should say amen But five minutes wouldn't even be no time but for her because she had no concept of time Five minutes felt like forever. Well, I started to think about this If you don't have a concept of time seconds feel like centuries Minutes feel like millenniums And have you ever felt like time was taking its time? I Said like this is taking too long god I mean, I know you almighty and you show up right on time, but uh Where are you at though? Okay, where how many people's like god if you're gonna do it could you go ahead Right now feel like a good time we're my husband lord it feel like a good time for him to be here on easter Yeah Somebody stood up in the back sit down Do you know what makes time even harder is if it's time under tension Time under tension is a rough thing You know what? I'm gonna prove it to you because some of y'all don't understand I got 200 for somebody who can do a two-minute plank A plank for two minutes

Dude, come on, bro. I'll do one more person one of the youth. Come on Two minute plank. Come on. Come on you you right there. Yeah, come on. Come on y'all. Hurry up here. Come on up here Go on roll it out for him We about to see for real. Come on up here. He reconsidering. He's like, oh shoot Yeah, come on up Come on Come on, what's your name big dog? Cedric, okay. Come on right over here. Cedric. What's your name little dog? What dwight dwight? All right, you come over here. All right. I know you weren't preparing for this But i'm about to clock it All right, y'all ready assume the position Two minute plank on your elbows. Here we go. Ready set go. All right All right. Well Let's keep preaching Somebody say jesus is the light of the world All right, let's keep going um time under tension Somebody said don't laugh that don't help He praying over there he is praying Somebody said lock in Yeah Now the crazy thing about this is they have no idea how long they've been here I do I'm clocking it But they Are just waiting Oh, what's the last good movie you've seen bud? Um I'm good. How old are you man? Mario brothers mario brothers. Was it good? Okay. Yeah

So He looking at the whole youth section like y'all i ain't gonna let you down I ain't gonna let you down. I promise i ain't gonna let you down. I promise It's People screaming hold it you you ain't you didn't come you didn't come up here Time it's been two minutes Yeah, give it give him some dab give him some dab y'all made it there you go 200 for you 200 for you Hey Now now watch this after y'all saw them do that now people like I could do that I should have gone over. He didn't see me. My hand was up stop That's my why did you do that because the thing that made that very difficult is that I never gave them the time If I would have said every 10 seconds or 30 seconds or every minute or I said Oh, you only got 30 seconds left. It would have given them watch this the ability to endure Because knowing the end helps you endure But there's so many of us that don't know what the end of the situation we're in it looks like and So it's very easy to give up Today I want to tell you just a few things about time that I think that's gonna help you write this down time Proves that God is kind If I was trying to be kind to them I would have told them 30 seconds gone Hip you only got a minute left. I Would have made them aware of the time that they had And what ends up happening is time is a parameter No matter what everybody in this room has 24 hours in a day You have the same 24 hours as Beyonce Jeff Bezos You have the same 24 hours as LeBron Justin Bieber the same 24 hours is Carrie Underwood They make a little more money with a 24 hours than most of us But somebody say the same day You have the same 24 hours. That means that you have 1440 minutes

86,400 seconds in every day and for some of you that may be powerful or for some of you that may be a problem Because depending on how you use that everybody say time It depends on What is going to happen in your life watch this? But more than it being a problem or more than it being powerful or more than it being a parameter God is so kind watch this because time is a promise I Set up everything I said To get you to this point That the fact that a God that stands outside of time Puts all of us in time and Gives us only 24 hours in every day. It is a promise pastor Mike How is it a promise no matter how long your day is it can never be longer than 24 hours? Some of you should get excited right there because the thing that you got to understand is That the Bible tells us that every 24 hours. There is something brand new that is given to you Limitations 322 says the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning Great is thy faithfulness This is why the old folks sing that song greatest our faithfulness is because how do you know it's morning? How do you know it's morning The Sun comes up Hmm The reason I know it's morning is because every morning God has given us a picture that that day has to end And now the Sun has coming has come up I'm gonna ask you one more time. How do you know it's morning? What if I told you that God gave us a picture in the sky of the cosmic Sun to point you back to Remember the SU in his only son That no matter how dark your day or night is The fact that the Sun comes is

Proof that you have a brand new day This is what God declares to all of humanity is a new day the Sun that he gave over 2,000 years ago when you receive the Sun it's a brand new Day say it with me a brand new day the Sun Means a brand new day So when I got this revelation, I begin to think about it and this Got me excited on the inside Because I I know there's some people that are going through dark situations right now, and I need you to know this darkness has a deadline This Easter I want to let you know that because there's a brand new day every 24 hours Darkness has a deadline how long you've been in depression it has a deadline how long you've been dealing with anxiety I'm about to preach This thing it has a deadline how long you've been confused and walking around in circles darkness has If god did not give us the sun we would just be in darkness We would have no way to recalibrate Oh, it's a new start Right now even your body the sartadian rhythms That are with your body. If you just your body if you expose it to sunlight, it'll start waking up with the sun This is why the invention of darkout curtains is a billion dollar industry Because you are trying to control when your body Interacts with the Because if your body does interact with the sun it has no other choice but to respond Oh god Remember what I said that creation has to respond to the creek. So if you get close enough to it If you just get around that's why it's dangerous to come to this church because if you keep coming You will have no other option Is And that's why some of y'all putting darkout curtains on your emotions

You're putting darkout curtains on your on your love life and darkout curtains on your your your addictions Darkout curtains on your sexual orientation darkout curtains I don't want the sun s-o-n to shine his light in here because if he shined his light on your Situation he ain't scared of the darkness. The darkness is never scared The this light is never scared of darkness the light shows up and darkness has to leave So the only thing you can do with darkness is try to keep it out I mean the only thing that you can do with light is try to keep it out because if light connects with your darkness Your body has nothing else to do Your mind has nothing else to do. Somebody shouted me and say the sun is coming I believe that for your life. I believe that for your marriage. I believe that for your faith I believe that for everything and I know it's uncomfortable and that's why you're trying to stay wrapped up That's why you're trying like no. I don't want to tell nobody about what i've been through That's why you're saying I don't want to get close to nobody because if the sun ever gets in contact With creation And so when I begin to look at this write the point down the resurrection is the eternal example that darkness has a deadline And if I was talking to my daughter and some of her friends I would say clock it I know everybody don't understand that but just everybody say clock it for me, huh? Let me let me give everybody a definition since we're talking about time Um clock it means calling out a truth noticing or recognizing this is from the urban dictionary, um calling out a truth noticing or recognizing being in agreement with an accurate observation So when it's darkness and the sun comes you can start clocking it That it's just a matter of time If the sun hits your situation Clock it. It's just a matter of time for the addiction turns around. Oh If you let the sun in you can clock if you

Are in a situation right now That it feels like you can't get out of it has been a situation that has literally kept you in a cycle for decades today I'm telling you let the sun in and then Because it's just a matter of time Let me prove it to you throughout history because it doesn't matter how long it's been it doesn't matter how dark it's been It doesn't matter how frustrated you've been. It doesn't matter how dry the season has been. It doesn't matter when the sun shows up Darkness has a deadline I'm trying to contain myself pastor charles would say it like this God was standing outside of time and then he created time and placed you in time So that at the right time you would be on time for an appointed time somebody shouted me clock it Somebody needs to know that god is consistent Just as consistent as the sun shows up Darkness has a deadline. I feel this. I don't got no more points I came to tell you that darkness has a deadline in your life You've been sitting around waiting for something else to happen and god told you this is to let the sun in Let jesus christ in Let him into your heart. Let him into your situation. Let him into your frustration. Let him into your pain And then clock it it's his nature to transform things It's his nature to speak to things that aren't moving and they start moving Let me prove it to you if I was talking to daniel and the lions then surrounded by what should have taken him out But god shut the mouth of the lions. I would have told daniel clock it The three hebrew boys that were thrown into the fiery furnace. He turned the heat way up But when they looked again, they said there's a fourth man In the fire somebody say clock it David standing in front of goliath no armor on no experience just crazy faith What looked like a mismatch turned into a miracle somebody shot at me clock it It's god's design Yeah

To step into dark situations And let the sun in Moses standing at the red sea Water in front of him the enemy behind him nowhere to go and god made a way where there was no way Clock it Some of y'all need to set your timers One The fact that you showed up on easter sunday The fact that god's speaking to you through this message the fact that you got over your fear and your frustration and you're here today God is saying clock it you let me in you done messed up and let me in your heart You done messed up and got in the atmosphere worship You were watching online and you've been talking about weed being the thing to give you peace But you just messed around and rolled up on the prince of peace And you about to let the sun in and i'm telling you something in your life is about to change because darkness Has a dead one Shut up me clock it Pastor mike, why are you saying that it's because If you let the sun in It's just a matter of time Until transformation comes Yeah, there's only so much you can play with fire till you get burned And i'm talking about the holy ghost There's only so much time you can be around people that have good character and be around People that want the best for you and be around people who are going to speak life into you and call you high There's only so many times you can be around people that'll pray for you And those prayers don't start getting up on you Some of y'all are here because of your grandmama's prayers right now And some of you're here because of our auntie's prayer you didn't even know they were praying That's why the old folks would have say he may not come with you when you want him But he'll be there

Right on time Clocky Y'all gotta add the finger with it when you do it my daughter told me I was doing it wrong I was using the other finger. It's the pointer finger. You gotta clock it Agree with god Joseph's thrown into a pit Betrayed by his own family sitting in prison for something. He didn't do But what looked like a setback? Was a setup clock Some of y'all gonna be walking around and you're gonna see god start to move in your situation of transformation And I need you to know No matter what's going on. No matter if it's a physical issue an emotional issue whether it's a issue in your family It's just a matter of time The sun is coming I think about the woman with the issue of blood She had been to every doctor she could find for 12 years used her entire fortune to try to get healed, but she could not stop Profusely bleeding until she met jesus And had one moment with the sun And it healed her forever clocky God this is the god we serve and some of you have had time under tension. Let the sun in Let the sun in Let him into that place where you're still hurting from that baby daddy who did you wrong and now you hate all men Let the sun in From that abuse you experience let the sun in for the failure of that business let the sun In two thousand years ago on a friday It got real dark Because our savior

was beaten scourged spit on Ripped limb from limb literally they broke his limbs to fit him on The roman cross they crucified him publicly mocked him put a crown of thorns on his head and The entire world had to respond to our Creator being crucified It got dark But if I was with the disciples, I would have just looked at him and said clocky Cuz it was only Three days That it took him To defeat death hell and the grave See just because you don't see the Sun shining doesn't mean the Sun isn't working Some of y'all don't get it just because you don't see the Sun shining Doesn't mean the Sun isn't working when the Sun was crucified here on earth. He was down in the depths of hell rescuing you and me from every lie that the enemy would have told us and Generational thing and the Sun was doing work in darkness So that we could live in the light today I Want you to believe that the SU in Is a sign that the SO in Is bringing new life to you In every morning that you see Great is thy faith Morning by morning new mercies I see if You feel like you've been in a dark place

I just came to tell you today here comes the Sun He's here and available for you right now I Could tell you and go through so many stories in my life that I would not be here today Unless the Sun showed up I Could be faking it I could be playing I could be acting like everything was okay I could post that everything was okay, but it was dark in my heart jealousy and comparison Images Hurts and pains And I don't know what your issue is right now, but what I'm saying is wherever it's darkest Here comes the Sun Let him in Those three days changed humanity The gift was given the question is will you receive it? I Want to read one more scripture to you and Then there's a song that I want you to listen to and then I'm gonna ask you to receive Jesus No pumping no priming I Want you to know that the darkest areas of your life can be transformed right now If you just let the Sun in Somebody say the Sun is coming Proverbs 30 verse 5 Weeping may endure for a night But joy Comes in the morning Anxiety may endure for a night Depression may endure for a night Worry may endure for a night fear may endure for a night Failure may endure for a night

But here comes the Sun this is what Christ did on Calvary for us It feels like years since you've been here You told me don't worry don't be Cuz it's alright Here comes the Sun Here comes the Sun Here comes the Sun It's alright It's alright All the blood was enough Christ my Savior Gave it all to cover us No one greater Only love kept you up You ransomed me You rescued me You set me free Oh You took my place So good It was the only Always For you Oh Even in my darkest hour Even in my darkest hour Always All the blood The blood wasn't enough christ my savior Would you stand all over this building come on just lift your hands and say oh the blood

Come on lift your hands think about what it is This is the moment of the service where somebody's life is going to transform because they let the sun in I need everybody who's already made this decision. I need you to begin to pray Because what I realized is that in darkness the sun is not the only light That comes to dispel darkness god even leaves his grace in another light. It's called the moon And what most people don't understand about the moon I didn't even understand it for a long time Is that the moon? Is not a light in itself The only reason that we see the moon is because it reflects The sun And right now some of you have been in a place Where god is saying? I know you've received my sun, but you're not reflecting me. Well I Know you know the sun Is is is is the thing that the power comes from or the son is the thing the power comes from? But you have not been my reflection in the earth Or at your job or on social media They should look at you and see the reflection of my light And today I have two altar calls if you know you have not been a proper reflection of the sun Today's the day where you're getting a new chance To be able to shine And then there's other people who have never Received the sun at all So today two calls either reflect or receive Yeah Reflect the sun in a way that people can see him Or receive the sun and allow your life to be transformed forever If you're in this room or watching online or watching in prison or watching on rebroadcast

This is what easter is about Letting the sun come in It took me from being a liar a manipulator Addicted to pornography somebody who had very evil things in my heart pastor. Mike Why do you keep sharing your testimony? The bible tells us in revelation we overcome By the blood of the lamb that was what was shed on calvary, but the words of my this is how I stay free I gotta tell you where I was. I don't forget Because it was his blood and this testimony That interrupts the cycle that would try to pass down generationally And if that's you You're under the sound of my voice. I feel the presence of god in this place y'all There are people that god has been trying to get your attention for decades And today is the day of salvation Church, I need you to begin to pray if you're in this room under the sound of my voice and you want to receive receive the free gift of God which is salvation. The Bible tells you that you can receive that by according to Romans by confessing and believing that Jesus Christ is Lord in this moment right now tomorrow is not promised right now is the time that you are supposed to receive the son Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior on the count of three if you're saying pastor I want you to include me in that prayer I just want you to slip your hand in the air I already see hands going up one you're making the greatest decision of your life two your name is about to be written in the lamb's book of life three shoot your hand up all over this building if you want to receive Jesus I see you I see a transformation church I see you how do we celebrate I see you God sees you I see you brother you can put your hands down more than me seeing you God sees you heaven is recording this every hand that went up in the chat every hand that went up at their job God sees this this is what Easter is about the good news of Jesus Christ and that transformation we're family nobody prays alone so if everybody would under the sound of my voice would you just lift your hands and pray this prayer say dear God thank you for sending the son just for me today I admit I've sinned but today I repent and I turn to you I believe you lived you died and you rose again with all power just for me here's my life

change me renew me transform me I'm yours in Jesus name amen on this Easter Sunday can we celebrate oh y'all missed it can we celebrate welcome to the family no matter how dark it's been I have good news for you weeping may endure for the night but joy comes in the morning how do we know it's morning the sun comes today I hope you let the son of God into your life I hope you let Jesus in if you did I want you to remember to text save to 828282 because we want to walk with you we want to send you some information we want to let you know that this is a celebration all of heaven is rejoicing over your salvation today and what a better day than today to give your life fully to God darkness has a deadline and you can clock it it is a new season for you a new day new grace and mercy do not fall back into the old patterns and as a matter of fact I want to encourage you to join us again here next week I'm telling you give me four weeks then it'll turn into four months four years and then 40 years like I'm telling you if you let the sun in it becomes something that transforms your entire life I'm so grateful for you I'm going to ask you for two things if this message has blessed you in any way would you share it with somebody transformation is usually started with an invitation share this with a co-worker a friend a family member put it in the family group chat and see if God doesn't allow his son to change somebody else's life and the second thing is if you would pray about giving and helping us further this mission we are going into prisons and going into the communities and doing things all over the world to try to help bring transformation in Christ and every dollar and every obedience step it helps that so pray and if God tells you to do something you can give and we will be forever grateful because you will be a part of transforming other people's lives well until next week I want you to go out and live a transformed life I love you